Attorney general: Legally required post-primary election audits ‘clean’

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) – Kentucky’s attorney general has announced the postelection audits conducted by his office in six counties revealed no potential criminal activity surrounding the 2018 May primary.

The recently concluded audits of Bullitt, Jessamine, Owen, Powell, Rowan and Scott counties were “clean,” according to Andy Beshear.

The counties audited were randomly drawn June 6, 2018.

Kentucky law requires the attorney general’s office to conduct postelection audits in no fewer than 5 percent of Kentucky’s counties following each primary and general election.

Beshear says, to date, during the 2018 primary election cycle, his office received 339 election complaints through the hotline or other sources.

Of that number, 25 complaints are still under review.